This course on art-historical method is designed to offer art history majors a historiographic overview of the discipline of art history, with a focus on developments of the present century. The course will survey the most influential concepts of the discipline, the evolving tasks it has set itself, and the methods it has adopted for executing them. Works of art will inevitably enter into our discussions, but the main objects of study will be texts about art, particularly texts about methods for a historical study of art. Topics include: concepts of the discipline; style and periodication; iconography, semiotics, and deconstructionl; the social functions of images and the social history of art; gender and sexuality; and art history as representation. Format: lecture/discussion. Requirements: six short papers, one presentation, and class participation. Prerequisites: ArtH 101-102. ArtH 448 may be substituted for ArtH 301 toward the major requirements. Limited to Art History majors and required of them.